India threatens Amazon over flag doormat

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10:58 AM, Jan 11, 2017

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 24: An Indian flag is flown high during day one of the Fourth Test between Australia and India at Adelaide Oval January 24, 2008 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Simon Cross/Getty Images)

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LONDON (CNNMoney) -- India has threatened to cancel the visas of Amazon employees if the retailer continues to sell doormats featuring the country's flag.

Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj made the threat Wednesday on Twitter, saying that if the offending product is not removed from Amazon's Canada website, she would not grant visas to Amazon officials and "rescind the visas issued earlier."

Swaraj described the product as "unacceptable" and directed the Indian High Commission in Canada to take the issue up with Amazon at "the highest level."